Stock-car



(No Model.)

J. S. BUTTERPIELD.

STQGK GAR. No. 252,863. Patented Jan. 31,1882.

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UNTTED STATES aTeNT Tracie@ JOHN S. BUTTERFIELD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,863, dated January3l, 1882.

Application tiled June 1, 1881.

To all 107mm it may concern:

Be itknown that I, JOHN S. BUTTERFIELD, of Chicago, Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Stock-Cars; and I dohereby declare that the following is afnll, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, r` ference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecication.

This invention relates to devices concerned.

in feeding cattle on cars through side doors and from troughs located atstations along the railroad-line.

It consistsin a trough provided with a rack or guard Arising from itsrear part, combined with a car-door hinged at its upper edge and adaptedto swing outward and upward, and to rest on the rack or guarda so as toform with the trough and guard an inclosure guarding the opening in thecar.

It also consists in devices that will be more fully described forconnecting the lifting doors at both sides of the lateral entrance ofthe ear with the lifting door in the slide which closes said entrance,so that all three may be opened or closed at once.

In, the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a cattle-carcontaining myimprovements for simultaneously lifting the threefeed-doors. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary horizontal section through 2 2 ofFig. l. Fig. 3 is an elevation of a detached slat of the side door overwhich the slide passes, showing a slot therein with a cross-piece whichengages a hook-bolt on the slide. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section,showing an alternative form of the hooking' bolt or catch by which thelifting door of the slide engages the lifting door over which it moveswhen opened and closed. Fig. 5 is a side elevation ofthe device shown inFig. 4. Fig. 6 is an end View of a car and trough containing myimprovementfor inclosingthe feed-opening when the doors are lifted.

(No model.)

The lifting door B is shown as consisting of a rectangular frame, b,pivoted to and between the vertical frame-pieces cof the slide O. Theslide C runs back and forth in the usual ways or guides, and is arrangedto just fairly clear the door A when the latter is closed.

As means for connecting` the three doors A, A', and B, so that they maybe together lifted or lowered, the door B has the fixed projecting boltD, which, when the-slide is being closed, enters the staple D, securedto thelower slat or slats a of the door A.

At the opposite end of the door B a hooked bolt or catch is provided,preferably being the inwardly and backwardly curved extremityE of alongspring, E', secured to the lower framerail, b, Vof the door B far enoughfrom the end of the latter to allow thevfree extremity E to springoutward and inward an inch, or thereabout. Asaineansofengagingtheboltproper or hook c ofthe catch E with the door A', thelower slat a of the latter is provi-ded with a slot, s, into which thehook or bolt c may drop when the slide is nearly closed, and a fixed gstaple or cross-piece, e, covering theinner end of said slot s, beneathwhich the holt e is finally drawn as the slide is thereafter completelyclosed. The outer end of the slot s and the outer and under face of thecatch E are beveled, as shown, so that when the slide is opened saidcatch will ride out of the slots and along the face of the'slat a. Whenthe bolt D is in engagement with the staple D and the bolt e with thecross-piece e it is evident that by raising the door YB. both thedoors Aand A will also be raised. It is also evident that the connections ofthe door B with the doors A and A' in no way prevent the movement of theslide C.

Instead ofthe long spring E having a catch consisting of the hooked endE, a catch may be hinged to the door B, as seen in Figs. 4 and 5,

and aseparate spring, E2, may beapplied there! to as a means of throwingthe catch into the slot s, as also shown in Figs. 4 .and 5.

If preferred, and the position of thenprights d will allow, the catch Emay be rigid with the door B, and its bolt e may run between the slatsc', in which case the staple or piece c will be also located in or overthe space between said slats; or the bolt e may still-better run justbelow the lower slat, a', the staple e being IOO appropriately locatedto engage the same when the slide is closed.

The hinges of the several doors A, A, and B are arranged Vin the sainehorizontal plane, and as nearly as possible in the same vertical plane.Any necessary deviation from the latter may be allowed for iu the widthot' the slot s or staples D and c relative to the width of the hookwhich engages the same, so that the hook may move crosswise in thestaple a distance corresponding to the distance at which the hinges of Bare set outward farther than those of A or A.

In connection with a hinged hook-bolt, E, the spring E2 may be dispensedwith, said hook being directed into the slot or beneath the loop e bythe person closingthedoor; but the spring is preferable, as givingautomatic action to said bolt.

In Fig. G the entire door, com po sed ot' the sections A, A, and B, isshown raised, as in use when the cattle are fed from the trough T,located near the track at a feedingstation. Said trough is supported inany approved manner, but preferably by the means shown in Letters Iatentrecently granted to nie-that is, by pivoted aims extended from fixedposts near the track. The trough is provided with rodsp, set up in itsrear and transverse end edges, and connected by a top rail, p', thusforming a vertical open guard, G, surrounding the trough and reachingpreferably about as high as the door`hinges. rlhe door being lifted to asuitable height, the trough is advanced to'the car side, as shown, whenthe door is let fall upon the guard Gr, forming therewith and with thetrough a perfect inclosure covering the dooropeninn. In the case ofthesmaller stock, such an inclosure by its presence or appearance only willsuice to deter the animals from any at.- tempt to escape which theymight inits absence be led to make through the open door.

The guard may include an inner set of rods, pz, behind which fodder maybe held for the stock; or said guard may consist ot' a close or aslotted rail otl proper height, as may be preferred.

I claim as my invention- 1. In combination with the stationary liftingdoors A and A and the similarly-lifting door B ofthe slide C, the boltsI) and e and the staples D and e', applied to the several parts, asshown and described, and for the purposes set forth. r

2. As a means of engaging the lifting door B ot' the slide C with thelifting door A', over whichthe slide runs,the hooked head or catch E eand the staple c', applied to the respective parts` and operatingsubstantially as set forth.

3. The outwardly and inwardly movable catch E c, applied to the liftingdoor B ofthe slide C, combined with the liflingdoor A', having the slots and staple c, substantially as described, and for the purposesspecified.

4. The' combination, with the door A, having a slot,l.s, and staple e',the door B ot' the slide C, provided with a movable part, E, providedwith the bolt c, and with a spring whereby the bolt is borne inward soas to pass bcneath Athe staple, substantially as set forth.

5. In combination with the outwardly and in wardlyswinging door ofthecar, the external trough, T, having the rack or guard Gr, whereby thetrough, rack, and door may together constitnte an inclosure overthcdoor-opening, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I atlix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN S. BUT'IE RFIELD.

Witnesses:

M. E. DAYTON, Jesse Cox, Jr.

